In fact, deliveries are down from the 14,820 vehicles Tesla delivered
in the first quarter of the year, which missed the target figure
of 16,000 cars.

As a result, the Elon Musk-run automaker is well behind the pace
required to deliver the 80,000 to 90,000 cars the company
forecast for the year.

"Due to the extreme production ramp in Q2 and the high mix
of customer-ordered vehicles still on trucks and ships at the end
of the quarter, Tesla Q2 deliveries were lower than anticipated
at 14,370 vehicles, consisting of 9,745 Model S and 4,625 Model
X," the company said in a statement.

According to the Palo Alto-based electric-car maker, a
total of 5,150 Model S sedans and Model X SUVs were still in
transit on their way to customers at the end of the recording
period. As a result, the delivery of these vehicles will be
included in Tesla's Q3 results.

Although Tesla ended the second quarter of the year by producing
2,000 cars a week, the company expects productivity to improve to
2,200 cars a week in Q3 and 2,400 a week in Q4.

Thus, Tesla expects to deliver roughly 50,000 cars in the second
half of the year, which the company has pointed out is the
equivalent of the total number of cars it shipped to customers in
all of 2015.

Based on this projection, Tesla is aiming at the low end of its
delivery guidance for 2016.